VN Ren'Py Being a DIK [v0.10.1] [DrPinkCake]

[felicemastronzo]

Large audience. Even if he didn't have the typical "DPCs moments" there would still be some dissatisfaction among the audience.

And vocalizing a game of this genre is a terrible idea. There is no money for professional actors, even with his income level, and few people want to deal with a porn game, and cheap voice acting methods, well, we saw the result ourselves.

seems to me a sincerely futile and hardly productive effort.

music is certainly a strength of BADIK, yet so many, an absolutely not insignificant share, play without audio. what would be the point of adding the VA?


certainly it would conset DPC to slow down development again, so it cannot be ruled out

 

[PickleSteve]

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You could play Kin-ball with her tits. I can't imagine her back ache. No wonder why she never smiles.

Had to Google Kin-ball, I had never heard of it.... thanks for the laugh. You're not wrong...

 

[Better Cock Spock]

I got curious (again) and checked to see if Darkwen's comment about adding VA to Being a DIK in the future had any truth to it.
This is from his latest Q&A.

Many AVN and other adult game developers use voice acting for some parts in dialogue and/or lewd scenes. You have so far completely avoided these. Is there a game design reason you shy away from this, or a personal preference for some reason? or have you/are you considered experimenting with such sound in the future?
That's not true. I played around with them during Episode 1 of Being a DIK. Jill and Bella had partial voice acting. However, I moved away from the idea for multiple reasons. It was a big task to manage code, preparations, sound, and communication with voice actresses. It felt weird only to have partial voice acting for a few characters and the cast has somewhere between 100-200 characters who'd need to be voiced. I didn't have the budget for it back then either and had to prioritize hardware and software. So, I decided to scrap that idea early so I didn't have to adapt the story and write with that in mind. By now, every player has some voice in their mind for the characters and the workload of getting everything voiced by now is daunting. Even just adding and synchronizing sound to lewd scenes would take quite some time. I haven't planned to add it to Being a DIK in the future, but I'm not against using it in another game.

Sounds like it probably won't happen, and he acknowledges that any voices he adds won't match what's in the head of most of his players. He doesn't comment on the quality of the early VA though

There was a similar comment about Acting Lessons though, in an earlier Q&A.

If you would have done Acting Lessons now, would you change anything? Will you ever remaster Acting Lessons?

I replayed Acting Lessons not that long ago after not playing the game, other than for development purposes, since the 2018 December release. I'm happy with the game as a whole, and it set out to tell the story that I wanted to tell. It also ended where it needed to end, so any prolongation of it wouldn't be feasible.

If I were to remaster the game, there are many areas where I could improve. These include expanded lewd scenes and story, even more choices and branching, better visuals, more dialogue, better audio, and voice acting. With all those changes, it would be like developing a new game, and then I'd have to ask myself if it's worth it.

The story is what I want it to be, and any changes might take away from the original experience instead of making it a better game. The same could be the case if I only chose to remaster the art. The characters would likely look different, and it could potentially ruin the soul of the game.

I guess I see the potential remaster as romanticization. You build it up to sound great in your head, but it doesn't measure up when revisited in reality. At the moment, I’m not considering it, but I’m not shutting the door.

I think what we should all take away from this is that don't bother with voice acting unless you have an actual casting director, and money for real talent

 

[I'm Canadian bub]

I got curious (again) and checked to see if Darkwen's comment about adding VA to Being a DIK in the future had any truth to it.
This is from his latest Q&A.

Sounds like it probably won't happen, and he acknowledges that any voices he adds won't match what's in the head of most of his players. He doesn't comment on the quality of the early VA though

There was a similar comment about Acting Lessons though, in an earlier Q&A.

I think what we should all take away from this is that don't bother with voice acting unless you have an actual casting director, and money for real talent

DPC probably didn't comment on the quality of the VA work because he didn't want to insult the actress who did the work for him. I like to think that, at the very least, he maintains a sense of professionalism.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

DPC probably didn't comment on the quality of the VA work because he didn't want to insult the actress who did the work for him. I like to think that, at the very least, he maintains a sense of professionalism.

Those voices are probably his daughter and wife's voices. That's most likely the reason he won't comment on how bad those voice-overs were.

 

[godkingxerxes]

I got curious (again) and checked to see if Darkwen's comment about adding VA to Being a DIK in the future had any truth to it.
This is from his latest Q&A.

Sounds like it probably won't happen, and he acknowledges that any voices he adds won't match what's in the head of most of his players. He doesn't comment on the quality of the early VA though

There was a similar comment about Acting Lessons though, in an earlier Q&A.

I think what we should all take away from this is that don't bother with voice acting unless you have an actual casting director, and money for real talent

Figured Darkwen making stuff up but good to know he's not really thinking of voice acting.

When people say remaster of AL what they really say is AL with a third option, which won't happen, a remaster won't bring in any money.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

DPC probably didn't comment on the quality of the VA work because he didn't want to insult the actress who did the work for him. I like to think that, at the very least, he maintains a sense of professionalism.

I know, but it's funnier to think that he legitimately likes the voices and won't hear a bad word against them

Those voices are probably his daughter and wife's voices. That's most likely the reason he won't comment on how bad those voice-overs were.

Both voices are the same girl, so I sure hope not

Figured Darkwen making stuff up but good to know he's not really thinking of voice acting.

When people say remaster of AL what they really say is AL with a third option, which won't happen, a remaster won't bring in any money.

Third option: leave them both to die

 

[Dessolos]

Honestly if this game did have voice all I be curious is the voice for Sage , Zoey , Camila , Derek , the MC, Johnny Boy

 

[I'm Canadian bub]

Those voices are probably his daughter and wife's voices. That's most likely the reason he won't comment on how bad those voice-overs were.

Wait what? When did he say they were done by his wife? I recall him citing some minor adult voice actress on the patreon post about the introduction years ago.

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Wait what? When did he say they were done by his wife? I recall him citing some minor adult voice actress on the patreon post about the introduction years ago.

No you're correct, it's someone he hired.
Speaking of, I found this old comment by DPC.

I would love to have voice acting for all main girls, the problem is twofold: 1) Money - I can't afford it without more support (yet) 2) I need to find more talented voice actresses. VoiceLikeCandy does a superb job, imo, and I will continue having her act for Jill and Isabella. I know that it might feel weird that only two characters have VA, but that will hopefully change in the future. If anyone knows of a talented VA, please feel free to contact me. It would be a paid job.

"Superb job"
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[Macky009]

DPC has talked about having the end voice

If that happen hopefully he find a decent voice actor to match her creation if not all hell breaks loose

Haven’t paid attention to this in a while. I hate that DPC nerfed Bella’s ass. Wtf was dude thinking…

Really looks perfect to me. Didn't even notice it',s been nerfed

 

[MiltonPowers]

No you're correct, it's someone he hired.
Speaking of, I found this old comment by DPC.

"Superb job"

Right up until he sacked her and banned her from his Discord.

 

[funkymonkeyjedi]

Wait what? When did he say they were done by his wife? I recall him citing some minor adult voice actress on the patreon post about the introduction years ago.

No proof of any sort. Hell, I don't even know if he is married and/or has any kids (I don't really care that much about him to know such details). But I wouldn't put is past him, though. Even if he declared something entirely different during some Q&A, that doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

When it comes to the internet, I take everything with a massive grain of salt. I have enough experience online to know that whatever someone says or declares, if I don't witness it with my own eyes, hear it with my own ears or able to confirm it myself, the likelihood of it being true falls drastically. With all the BS roaming around online, I've grown massively cynical and very critical.

People are too gullible, here's an anecdote, few years back I was a regular player of SW:ToR. One night when people were arguing about something (I can't quite recall anymore but I think it was something about PINGs as in connection latency), I managed to make some people believe I was playing from the I.S.S. (International Space Station). So yeah, with enough made-up details with just the right amount of repetition, simpletons will believe just about anything. And lord knows there are an abundance of them roaming the web.

 

[I'm Canadian bub]

Right up until he sacked her and banned her from his Discord.

Holy shit! Are you serious?

 

[Better Cock Spock]

No proof of any sort. Hell, I don't even know if he is married and/or has any kids (I don't really care that much about him to know such details). But I wouldn't put is past him, though. Even if he declared something entirely different during some Q&A, that doesn't necessarily mean it's true.

When it comes to the internet, I take everything with a massive grain of salt. I have enough experience online to know that whatever someone says or declares, if I don't witness it with my own eyes, hear it with my own ears or able to confirm it myself, the likelihood of it being true falls drastically. With all the BS roaming around online, I've grown massively cynical and very critical.

People are too gullible, here's an anecdote, few years back I was a regular player of SW:ToR. One night when people were arguing about something (I can't quite recall anymore but I think it was something about PINGs as in connection latency), I managed to make some people believe I was playing from the I.S.S. (International Space Station). So yeah, with enough made-up details with just the right amount of repetition, simpletons will believe just about anything. And lord knows there are an abundance of them roaming the web.

You're lying, why should I believe you?

Holy shit! Are you serious?

He's lying, why should you believe him?

Am I lying? Why should you believe me?

 

[Better Cock Spock]

Right up until he sacked her and banned her from his Discord.

She wouldn't do the voice during sex so he fired her

 

[I'm Canadian bub]

She wouldn't do the voice during sex so he fired her

 

[Better Cock Spock]

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It's actually more of a toilet

 

[MiltonPowers]

Holy shit! Are you serious?

No.

 

[MiltonPowers]

She wouldn't do the voice during sex so he fired her

You've got to get those talking while giving a blowjob effects just right.